This Kind of War (P) Airforce Only - Softcover

Fehrenbach, T R

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9781574881516: This Kind of War (P) Airforce Only

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ISBN 10: 1574881515 ISBN 13: 9781574881516

Publisher: Potomac Books Inc, 1996

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A comprehensive and impressively written history of the Korean War. T R Fehrenbach commanded US Army units in Korea at platoon, company and battalion levels.

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"This Kind of War" has been studied by two generations of soldiers. Fehrenbach describes good decisions and bad ones with insight and expertise. But what he does best of all, and what is so memorable, is his eloquent, sometimes painful description of the GIs who must bear the burden of those decisions. That is the awful beauty of this book it cuts straight to the heart of all the political and military errors, and reveals the brave souls who have to bleed and die for mistakes made. A timely reissue of a military classic.

Immensely readable.

A comprehensive and impressively written history of the Korean War.

The lesson of the Korean War as it has not yet been told by anyone . . . terse, machine-gun bursts of common sense.

"Immensely readable."--New York Times
--New York Times

"A comprehensive and impressively written history of the Korean War."--Washington Post
--Washington Post

"The lesson of the Korean War as it has not yet been told by anyone . . . terse, machine-gun bursts of common sense."--Life magazine
--Life magazine

"This Kind of War has been studied by two generations of soldiers. Fehrenbach describes good decisions and bad ones with insight and expertise. But what he does best of all, and what is so memorable, is his eloquent, sometimes painful description of the GIs who must bear the burden of those decisions. That is the awful beauty of this book--it cuts straight to the heart of all the political and military errors, and reveals the brave souls who have to bleed and die for mistakes made. A timely reissue of a military classic."--Gen. Colin L. Powell
--Gen. Colin L. Powell

About the Author:

COL. T. R. FEHRENBACH, USA (Ret.), commanded units in Korea at the platoon, company, and battalion levels. A resident of San Antonio, Texas, he is the author of Comanches: The Destruction of a People; Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans; and Seven Keys to Texas.

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